Description
An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploited this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.
Published: 2017-01-31
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9860 An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploited this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:09.806Z

Reserved: 2016-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9039

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-31T21:59:00.157

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-9039

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